Corset



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M/ M 9 i ATTOR w Patented Sept. 25, 1928;

UNITED STATES I I 1 ,685,477 PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST 13. BECK, OF CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO MEL E. RIZZUTO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORSET. I

Application filed October 4, 1927. Serial No. 223,865.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, and the general object of my invention is to produce a corset which will be much more comfortable to the'wearer than those heretofore used, without in the least detracting from the style and appearance. In the construction of corsets it is not unusual to make the corset body with resilient or elastic sections, and even to provide elastic top edges, but practicall all of them have a thin top edge wl ich W ether elastic or inelastic, is at certain \mes and in certain positions of the body, almost certain to strike the body in such a way as to be painful. The object of my invention is to obviate this difliculty, and produce a. corset which so far as its body structure is concerned can be of any approved type or form, but which has its top edge shaped and adapted to fit the body nicely but in a yielding manner, and to distribute the force of any strain throughout the Whole width or circumference of the corset.

In carrying but this idea I provide the top edge of the corset with a soft elastic pad which may be of many specific forms of construction, but which lies like a flap around the upper edge of the corset, contacts with the body, and by reason of its soft resilient nature will not hurt even though it may be tight. By having this elastic pad or flap attached only at the top edge and at the ends, I get a wide distribution of strain, and it makes the corset very comfortable. It will at once be seen that this improved feature may be applied to corsets of infinite design and structure. This will be better understood from the description which follows.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the corset showing my improvement.

Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of a corset like that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a broken detail vertical section of the upper portion of the corset, and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a slightly different construction.

The body 10 of the corset can be made up in an infinite variety of ways, in fact the body structure can be of any approved type or kind, and I have shown it provided With a front fastening 11 and with vertical elastic gores or sections 12. The corset can have when the old a transverse band 14 'oining the body 10 at the to as shown in igure 3, or the body part can carried up to the top edge without the band as in Figure 4,- and the corset generally canbe made up as desired. The important feature and the one which comprises my invention, is the pad 15 which extends along the entire top edge and preferably inner side of the corset. This pad is attached as shown at 16 to the upper edge of the body 10 or band 14 as the'case may be, and I have shown the pad having its outer surface 17 of elastic material, its center 18 of cotton, Wool or the like, and an inner lining or facing 19 which is also preferably elastic. The lining is preferably attached at its lower edge to the lower edge of the facing and extends upwardly between the facing and the body to form a pocket into which the wool may be inserted. It will be understood that with this construction, the wool may be varied in quantity and may be replaced by new wool filling becomes waddcd and ineffective. This thin broad pad is attached at its top edge only as shown at 16, and at the ends as shown at 20 in Figure 2. It is broad enough to have a substantial bearing against the body, add to the ease of the wearer, and elastic enough to yield to all the body movements, while at the same time being attached as described it permits any strains to be dis tributed entirely around the upper edge of the corset and so the wearer is not hurt by such strains.

I have shown the pad in a way which I think is most desirable, but obvious] the pad can be made in very many ways without affooting the invention, the main theory of which is to have a floating pad of the general kind described of material soft and elastic but not necessarily a stuffed casing as that indicated.

I have shown my improved attachment as applied to a corset, but it will be understood that the style of corset can be changed, and that the improvement can be applied to corset brassieres or similar structures, without in any way affecting the invention; and while in the claims I have used the term corset, I use it in the sense of including any analogous structure.

I claim 1. In combination with a corset, a belt-like pad secured along its upper and end edges only to the upper edge of and inside the cor- 1.10

set and extending substantially around the entire upper edge of the corset.

2. In combination with the body of a corset, a fiexible band attached to and extending around the upper ed e of the body, a pad secured at its upper ge to the upper edge of said band and extending entirely around and lying within said band, the lower edge of said 21:11 extending below the upper edge of said 3. In combination with the body of a corset, a flexible band attached to and extending around the upper edge of the body, a pad secured at its upper e ge to the upper ed of said band and extending entirely aroun and 15 lying within said band, the lower edge of said pad extending below the upper edge of said ody, said lower edge of the pad being floating and unattached.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 29 name to this specification this third day of October, 1927.

AUGUST B. BECK. 

